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Mujahideen Council takes credit for recent attacks
The Mujahideen Council issues seven communiqués today, January 17, 2006, claiming responsibility for detonating improvised explosive devices (IED’s) on targets including “Crusader convoys” and Iraqi police in Shahraban and al-Latifiya, assassinating employees of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a captain in the National Guard, and a companion of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the United Iraqi Alliance, in Baghdad:

1. The first message indicates that eleven Iraqi police officers were killed yesterday, Monday, January 16, 2006, during a confrontation with the group’s mujahideen that culminated with the detonation of a car bomb in Shahraban.

2. An IED was detonated today on a “Crusaders’ convoy” in al-Latifiya, destroying a Humvee and killing two soldiers.

3. Two employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hareth Mohsen and Harb Mohsen, were assassinated today in the al-Jihad section of Baghdad.

4. The fourth communiqué states that an IED was detonated on a convoy in the north of Baghdad, resulting in damage to a “Crusader” tank.

5. The fifth communiqué states that mortar shells were fired at the house of Diyali’s governor in al-Wajihiya.

6. Today, Sayed Hussein, a companion of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, was assassinated in the area of al-Ghazaliya.

7. The seventh message states that a captain in the Iraqi National Guard was killed in the area of al-Dawra in Baghdad.

The Mujahideen Council, according to their statement of establishment, is composed of six insurgency groups in Iraq: al-Qaeda in Iraq, Victorious Army Group, Ansar al-Tawhid Brigades, Islamic Jihad Brigades, the Strangers Brigades, and the Horrors Brigades, collaborating to meet the “unbelievers gathering with different sides” and defend Islam.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-01-18
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